And they have recognized, too, the double bias in these errors, namely, the powerful disposition to exaggerate the intensity and persistence of a present feeling on the one hand, and on the other hand to take a mere wish to feel in a particular way for the actual possession of the feeling.
_Philosophic Illusions._ The opinion of theologians respecting the nature of moral introspection presents a singular contrast to that entertained by some philosophers as to the nature of self-consciousness.

It is supposed by many of these that in interrogating their internal consciousness they are lifted above all risk of error.

The "deliverance of consciousness" is to them something bearing the seal of a supreme authority, and must not be called in question.

And so they make an appeal to individual consciousness a final resort in all matters of philosophical dispute.
Now, on the face of it, it does not seem probable that this operation should have an immunity from all liability to error.

For the matters respecting which we are directed to introspect ourselves, are the most subtle and complex things of our intellectual and emotional life.